Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada 8-day RV Trip
Day 0, May 24, 2025
We flew from Atlanta, GA to Vancouver the night of May 23, Friday, which was the next day after the school summer break. The flight was delayed, so by the time we arrived Vancouver and checked in our hotel in Richmond near the airport, it was already 3AM local time.
In the morning, we had a brunch with an old friend at a restaurant near T&T, before picking up our RV in the early afternoon at Canadream. Then drove back to T&T and shopped there, as well as the Walmart closely, to load our necessities for the next week. The shopping was fun but took longer than our original plan, leaving us with no choice but to cancel the visit International Buddhist Temple. But we did spent a little bit time visiting Stevenston Village on our way to RV resort after dinner.
T&T Supermarket is the largest Asian grocery chain in Canada. Address: 8311 Lansdowne Rd, Richmond, BC V6X 3A4, Canada
CanaDream RV Rentals & Sales Vancouver: 8223 92 St, Delta, BC V4G 0A4, Canada
Stevenston Harbor
We parked near Garry Point Park, which is the west tip of the area with Akebono Cherry Blossom Trees around the parking lot. The cherry blossom season was already gone, but the purple lupine flowers were everywhere, as well as the yellow Scotch Broom bushes. Last time we saw these yellow flowers were back during our family trip to Ireland and Scotland prior to Covid. From the park, we walked east along the coast greenways to the village.
The Stevenston Waterfront Greenways is a 4.8 km long trail system that links parkland, natural areas, historical sites, the Village, recreational trails, and the active industrial waterfront.
Touring the village was a pleasant experience. It is a working fishing village, with a live Fisherman’s Wharf. The fishing stands were closed already by the time we got there, but we can still access the deck and imagine the hustle and bustle of the market when it was alive. There were long lines in front of several ice cream shops. Japanese formed a large part of Steveston's original population. You can still see it from the area’s architecture, restaurants, souvenir stores, etc.
It was almost dark by the time we arrived at our RV park Camp Tsawwassen RV Resort (4761 Nulelum Way, Delta, B.C., V4L 2M4). It’s just a few minutes drive to the Tsawwassen ferry, so would be super easy for us to catch our ferry the next morning.
https://www.visitrichmondbc.com/things-to-do/steveston-village/
